Police find 588 g of marijuana in 295 bags at a Stavropol Krai home
Police of the North Caucasus Federal District detained a 55-year-old man in Stavropol Krai after a search of his home found 295 plastic bags holding more than 588 grams of marijuana, along with scales and packaging materials. A criminal case was opened over attempted large-scale sale, and a court placed him under house arrest.
Police for the North Caucasus Federal District detained a 55-year-old Stavropol
Krai resident after operational checks showed he was involved in illegal drug
dealing.[1]Officers of the 1st operational-search unit of the regional
directorate carried out the checks.[2]
During a search of his home, officers found and seized 295 plastic bags of plant
material with a total weight of more than half a kilogram.[1]Rambler’s
version of the release put the weight at more than 588 grams and said expert
examination identified the substance as cannabis (marijuana).[2]Several hemp
bushes were growing on the man’s household plot.[1]Police also found
electronic scales and packaging materials at his home and said he had made the
drug himself for sale, which officers prevented.[1]
The investigation department of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Budyonnovsky
division opened a criminal case on attempted large-scale drug sale, part 3 of
article 30 and part 4 of article 228.1 of the Criminal Code.[1]A court placed
him under house arrest, and the investigation continues.[1]
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Source: МВД МЕДИАPolice handout photo from the search, showing jars of marijuana inside plastic bags. Photo: Press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasus Federal DistrictPhoto details
attempted illegal sale of narcotic drugs on a large scale (part 3 of article 30, part 4 of article 228.1)
Case stage
Under investigation
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Stavropol Krai
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Publication date
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МВД МЕДИАmvdmedia.ruRUПолиция уличила жителя Ставрополья в покушении на сбыт партии самостоятельно изготовленной марихуаны
Рамблер/новостиnews.rambler.ruRUВ Ставропольском крае сотрудниками ГУ МВД России по СКФО пресечена преступная деятельность местного жителя, причастного к незаконному обороту наркотиков
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Neither account gives the date of the search, detention or house-arrest ruling; 6 November 2026 is the publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The weight is given as more than half a kilogram in the МВД МЕДИА release and as more than 588 grams by Rambler, so 0.588 kg is recorded and the weight may be higher.
Police say several hemp bushes were growing on the household plot but give no count and do not say whether they were uprooted or seized, so no plant figure is recorded.
The man's name and the settlement within Budyonnovsky district were not published; only the district is known.
No court outcome was reported beyond the house-arrest measure of restraint; the case was at the investigation stage.
Part 4 of article 228.1 covering large-scale sale carries a long prison term, but no sentence has been passed and no penalty is recorded.
Police in Pavlovsky District, Voronezh Oblast, seized more than 346 grams of cannabis from the attic of a 19-year-old resident of Vorontsovka village. The young man said he had gathered wild bushes nearby for personal use, and a criminal case on large-scale drug storage was opened, carrying up to 10 years in prison.
Sakhalin police searched a 39-year-old man from Petropavlovskoye and his flat and outbuildings, seizing 0.62 grams of cannabis and 1,043.5 grams of cannabis plant parts. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for large-scale drug storage, and he was placed under an undertaking not to leave.
Police searching a homestead in Sadovoye, in Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast, seized more than 730 grams of marijuana and 120.65 grams of cannabis oil from an unemployed man born in 1980, along with a gun and 16 cartridges. A criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228 for drug storage on a large scale and administrative papers were drawn up over the weapon.
Police in Bessonovsky district, Penza Oblast, detained a 34-year-old local man and seized about 257 grams of cannabis found on the grounds beside his house. He admitted guilt, said he gathered wild cannabis near his home in July 2026 and made a drug for his own use, and a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 228, which carries up to 10 years.
